Definition of "hog-tied" [hog-tied]

• Simple past tense and past participle of hog-tie. (verb)

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• "I hadn't seen them not since they had gagged and blindfolded me, then lugged me hog-tied up the attic stairs and locked me in the closet."
• "During the February hearing, Toussaint denied the most serious accusations against him -- that he ordered sailors to simulate sex acts during training exercises, that he threw parties with hired prostitutes, and that he condoned the humiliation of a gay sailor who was hog-tied to a chair and left in a dog kennel."
• "A legislator, of all people, argues that when the Court speaks on the meaning of a statute, that reading is locked in amber, and that no matter if a majority in Congress disagree, or simply want to change the law for whatever reason, the peoples' representatives are hog-tied."